The wonders of God are all
around us, but even yet most do not believe in the one and
only true God of
Heaven. He says of them:
“The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who
does good.” (Psalms 14:1)
“The fool says in his heart,
“There is no God.” They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one
who does good.” (Psalms 53:1)
The Lord God reveals Himself
through all of His creation, but still they do not see. The handiwork of God
exists all around us, but blind eyes to not see. The Lord says:
“The wrath of God is being
revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who
suppress the truth by their wickedness, since
what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to
them. For since the creation of the world
God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly
seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
(Romans 1:18-20)
Consider these statistics.
There are three to 100
million species of animals in the world.
There are 339 breeds of dogs
in the world.
There are 41 breeds of cats
in the world.
There are at least 200 breeds
of horses in the world.
There are sixteen common
cattle breeds in the world.
There are 300 breeds of goats
in the world.
There are 200 breeds of sheep
in the world.
There are 10,000 different
species of birds in the world.
There are nearly 28,000
different types of fish in the world.
There are 264 different
species of monkeys in the world.
There are 17,500 species of
butterflies in the world.
There are 165 major rivers in
the world.
There are 117 million lakes
in the world.
There are 30 million, and
counting, mountains in the world.
There are 100,000 different
species of trees in the world.
There are 250,000 to 400,000
different types of flowers in the world.
There are 11,000 different
types of moss in the world.
There are 8.7 million
different types bushes in the world.
NOTE: Some of these figures
may differ; depending on what location they are derived. The point is the
diversity of God’s creation.
We haven’t even considered
the intricacies of the microscopic world, or the human body, or the vastness of
space, or any of millions of other examples. Again, the point is God’s awesome
diversity in creation in showing His wonder.
All of these things I have
mentioned, and more, are around us on a daily basis. Do we actually see them?
Do we realize where they originated? Do we realize their uniqueness among all
of creation? Some do. Most do not.
God speaks to us through His
holy and inerrant Word, the Bible. He speaks to this fallen world through all
that we see around us. There will be no excuses for those who reject Him when
they see Him face to face at the White Throne judgment.
“Although they claimed to be
wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images
made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.”
(Romans 1:22-23)
God created man in the
likeness of Himself, in that he is capable of planning, reasoning,
administrating, communicating with God, etc. (Genesis 1:26) Instead, man sold
his birthright to Satan and became animalistic in his behavior. He was to rule
over the animals and nature, but has sunk to the level of devils in his actions
and reactions toward God. Only His Creator God can bring him out of the pit.
(Psalms 40:2)
However, man has placed
himself in the crosshairs of God’s judgment in these final days. Time is
running out, and those who will, need to listen to what God is saying to them.
In the remaining verses of
Romans chapter one, God clearly shows our downward descent toward judgment.
There are three steps and we are on the bottom rung.
STEP 1
“Therefore GOD GAVE THEM OVER in the sinful
desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies
with one another. They exchanged the
truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than
the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.” (Romans 1:24-25 Emphasis mine)
STEP 2
“Because of this, GOD GAVE THEM OVER to shameful lusts.
Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural
relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed
shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for
their error.” (Romans 1:26-27 Emphasis mine)
STEP 3
“Furthermore, just as they
did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so GOD GAVE THEM OVER to a depraved mind,
so that they do what ought not to be done. They
have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.
They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and
boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no
mercy. Although they know God’s righteous
decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to
do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” (Romans
1:28-32 Emphasis mine)
God gave them over first to
“sinful desires,” then to “shameful lusts,” and finally to “a depraved mind.”
There is absolutely no doubt to any sane person who will take heed that today’s
society revels in sinful desires, shameful lusts with a depraved mind.
The stench of our sins has
polluted our very beings. God will soon send His Son to remove His own from
this rebellious world, and then His judgment will fall upon the earth and all
who remain; “God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve
death.”
Most people today act as
though nothing is wrong with how we live toward God. Most seem to think an
election will solve all our problems. Most dream of the “dawning of the age of
Aquarius,” and have no thought of the age of Tribulation and judgment that is
just around the corner.
Jesus is coming soon. I’m not
going to be here. Millions of others who know the Lord Jesus as their own
personal Savior and Lord will not be here. Our desire is that you join with us
in anticipating the coming of our Lord. Repent and go with us when He comes.
Don’t be a fool by not listening to the voice of God in all we see around us.
God has spoken clearly to our
five senses and our minds. Most importantly He has spoken through His Word the
Bible, and in this Book is our only hope of salvation. In it are His words that
say, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.” (Acts 16:31) In it are
His words, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is
not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not
by works, so that no one can boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) And in it He says, “Now
is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Grant Phillips
Email: grantphillips@windstream.net
Pre-Rapture Commentary: http://grant-phillips.blogspot.com
